A report by the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) suggests that President Cyril Ramaphosa’s inability to exercise control and grease palms within ANC as his predecessor Jacob Zuma did, may be to blame for a significant spike in violent protests across the country. According to the report, protests have spiked significantly during Ramaphosa’s tenure, while the numbers were at their lowest during Zuma’s second term, due to the former president’s willingness to use “brown envelope” politics to maintain peace. The report, titled ‘Dangerous elites: protest, conflict and the future of South Afric…